Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-21

was followed by est. Martins" hymn
Rev. T, L. Brazee offered the prayer
touching in its eloqueRce, and after tn,
singing by the audience OF "Herndon,
Bishop Fowler announced his text, taket
from Philippians, second chapter. nintf
verse: "Wherefore God also hath highly
exalted him, and given him a name
which is above every name." In eluci'
dating the meaning of the text. Bishop
Fowler called attention to the tenn pie oi
worship about to be dedicated, and said
that it had been erected in the name OF
Jesus, as had many others before it.
| That nnme is the chiefest out of ten
thousand and altogether lovely. 1t was
, necessary, however, to take the atten-
tion away from the temple and fix it
upon that character, and his name; A
soldier gains distinction and fame, KING
is crowned, but it was not by these
means that Jesus name became above
every other. 1t was because He turned
away from earthly glory and
sought only that pertaining to
heaven. To yield is to conquer, and
Jesus Welded his life that he might con-
auor the enemy of mankind. He
turned away from earthly honors and
we mt down to Nazareth among the lowly.
who were his companions in want and
with whom he was content TO work.
JESUS ASSOCIATES.
And it was not only on this account that
he changed the songs of the angels, but
because his fixed idea was to obey the
will of his father. Therefore God ex-
alted him, before whose name every
man shall bow. That is one manner in
which Jesus has been exalted. Centuries
before his appearance upon this earth 1T
was known that he was coming; that
God was going to give his son tor the
benefit of ignorant humanity. 1t is
customary ia the world to make prepara'
tions for the coming of a guest. so 1t
| was with Jesus. Preparations were
made for the coming for centuries before
he did arrive. The first thing host
does is to properly prepare for coming
guest, and the s. cond TO impress upon
him the extent Of his hospitality. 80 1t
| was in the case of Jesus. A place was
prepared for him for which he was fitted
in every way. The world was put In
order for the coming Of Jesus. Such is
the ueouliarity of this world that events
are measured by the shadows they cast
before them. Thus when build'
ing is contemplated we know before
hand whether it is to be on a
grand scale or on small plan by
the foundations which are prepared, by
the brick and mortar which is deposited
near by, and by the other materials
which arrives before the construction
commences. So we say that some one
intends to build either house or man
sion, as the case may be. Thus, IN
searching into history we find that the
coming of Christ had been announced
and prepared for on o scale which pre-
cluded the doubt that it was for him.
THE PREPARATION.
Alexander was sent forth to ?nquer the
world, in order to introduce tongue
and language in which the beauty OF the
truth might be understood. Previous
thereto the language of the people was
only such as allowed of commercial in.
terchanges of thought; but the coming OF
Christ made some better language neces'
sary, and this was the cause for the
spread OF the Greek language. So, also,
the people of Rome built roads through.
out the country, in order that the truth
might be easily carried. Philosophy
was given to the world that men might
be convinced of the fact that they were
living in ignorance, and that they might
be induced to ask God to send some one
to teach them the truth. For twenty
centuries the people were worked SO as
to prepare for the coming of Jesus. Not
only was the world prepared, but line
of heralds were sent out, and these were
such men as could properly represent his
coming. These heralds were Noah,
Abraham and Moses.
HIS CHARACTER.
We can tell the character of man by
the company he keeps, and men have
right to judge US by our associates.
Thus we can tell a little about Jesus by
the company he kept. The Scribes and
Pharisees said ''He eats with publicans
and sinners" Thus we know that he
lived among the lowly, but we know that
Kings and Rulers are but tramps COM
pared with the humblest believer.
Wherever Jesus went he had people
watching over him. When he stood
alone in the greatest struggle of his life
asssinst the enemy OF our souls, there
was above and around him another host
ready to do battle for him. These were
his companions. Another sign is in the
witnesses who come forward and testify
for him. First came the wise men from
the East. They worshipped at the feet
of Jesus, and to-day three out OF every
four of the great men Of science bow at
the same place, it may not be in this
church but they accept him in some
form. Conscience and government are
also witnesses, and with all this testi-
mony before us is there any reason why
we should not accept him and impress
upon our children the necessity for Sc
doing?
SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Bishop Fowler then announced that
there was debt of over $4,000 10 raise
on the church and he asked the people
present to subscribe after the report ol
the finances had been read. Professor
Berra then read the following statement
Balance left after sale of parsonage
and purchasing the lOt.... ......S 655 o.
Sale of the old church ch.............. 5000 VI
Subscriptions observation-disclosures, 6,929 II
Total. .#....................1 1854 II
Cost of church and parsonage. &C., 81 100 Of
Balance due: ...... ,....-..-...' I'oIo o.
Amount needed to finish ..,.... 1900 O
Total amount to be raised. .... S9,015 81
In response to appeals from the pulpit
$lO,O3 were subscribed, leaving bal
ance of over $1,000 in the hands of the
trustees for future use after the churchi is
completed. Those who subscribed yes
terday, together with the amounts,
are as follows: Brothers Townsend,
$500; Nuts, $500; Green $500
White, $500; Stevens, 500; Wallace
Bros, $500; zigler, S40O; Stratton, $400
ID. Miller, $500; Bryant, $500. Meharry,
$500; Z. o. Porter, $3.50; McGee, $3.50
Rice, $3.50; Eldrdge $500; Mrs. O'Neil,
| 2o00. CLOVER S2QQ: l N Mundel 5000